Outside of Dennis Rodman, Latrell Sprewell and afewowners — James Dolan of the New York Knicks, Richard DeVos of the Orlando Magic and Dan Gilbert of the Cleveland Cavaliers to name three — you won’t find many people involved in the NBA who are willing to associate themselves with Trump, and McHale is most definitely involved in the NBA as a Boston Celtics great, ex-coach and NBA TV analyst.

On the one hand, the NBA TV set might be like any other workplace, where conservatives and liberals coexist without debating politics, and on the other that might be difficult in the NBA, where the subject of Trump — and the widespread distaste for his policies — has been a constant conversation. The response from the NBA community to McHale’s mere presence at a Trump rally will be a fascinating test case of how the president has further divided the country along a clearly defined line.